Hails!
Below is the promo review from Procession #4 (cheers Matt). How are you guys going? Any new releases on the horison?
Anno Domini 3-track promo (08) [VM]
This is a Sydney doom metal band that I have come across a few times as they performed live around the place. To be honest, their live work did not impress me very much. They triggered their drums live and the riffs were sort of forgettable. The clicky drum trigger is here as well, but it sounds fitting rather than obtrusive.
The whole thing is a bit of a surprise to be honest. This 3-track promo offers some angry Death Metal mixed in with menacing, sad guitar licks, reminding me of old My Dying Bride as well as
Cruciform. The production is studio-grade, even incorporating little bits of keyboard ambiance. The whole thing is rather nice to behear. The guitars and bass have a very pleasing thickness to them and the hoarse groaned death metal vocals add to the mix very nicely. I keep using the word nice not because this is ugly, dark music is anywhere close to nice, but because Im a freak and its nice to hear old death/doom like this and it puts a smile on my face. Nice little promo.